3 Nov
2013
3 Nov
'13
10:14 a.m.
On 03/11/2013 16:49, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Stupid question, but relevant:
Are you simply after an ND emulation for a limited number of
platforms? If so, it might be far simpler to program each platform
specifically. This is the way it's done with the inexpensive Chinese
floppy emulators and they work quite well for their purpose.
Floppy is about 0.5Mhz Hard Disk is 10MHz
One popular one uses a STM32 ARM and little else. The
larger benefit
is that the flash drive used to hold the data in its native form (i.e.
not MFM pulses). One variation I've seen even uses a USB connection to
change the program.
I'm guessing that the primary consumer of this device will be the DEC
community. The personal computer community has had various devices
(such as IDE or flash drive) as replacements.
--Chuck
I think there are lots of folks with odd-ball systems with MFM drives. I
have IBM3174 screen controllers....
Dave